Firefighters Distribute Coats to Kids

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department

News Release 12-77
Date: October 16, 2012

Fairfax County firefighters, in cooperation with Operation Warm, Coats
for Kids Foundation, Apple Federal Credit Union, Progressive Firefighters
of Fairfax County, Inc., and the Fairfax County Professional Firefighters
and Paramedics, will distribute new winter coats for children and youths
through high school age, Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 11 a.m., at
Penn Daw Fire and Rescue Station 11, 6624 Hulvey Terrace,
Alexandria, Virginia.

Through generous support and donations from organizations and
businesses, it is anticipated that more than 3,000 youths
and their families will benefit. Area preschool children will also be on
hand to receive new coats from firefighters. This is the sixth year the
department has sponsored this community event.

The department coordinates distribution with Fairfax County Public
Schools, the Department of Human Resources, Department of Family
Services, and local shelters to reach a record number of youths this
year.

Operation Warm is a non-profit organization partnering with
organizations in 26 states helping to provide new winter coats to
children who cannot afford them.

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Captain I Randal Bittinger,
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY: 711.
Duty PIO (Weekends/After-hours): 703-877-3702
Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs,
services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.
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